And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to
take her as his wife. When the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel,
they spoke to her saying, “David sent us to you, to ask you to become his
wife.” Then she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and
said, “Here is your maidservant, a servant to wash the feet of the servants of
my lord.” So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey, attended by five of
her maidens; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives.
(1 Sam 25:39-43)
I stumbled upon a web site recently titled “Polygamy in the
bible – it really is biblical!” It was a
site dedicated to showing how great men of the bible had multiple wives, and therefore, so should we! The site used David as an example; before it’s all over David will have eighteen
wives. Wow. It’s all I can do to be a
good husband to one wife; I can’t imagine eighteen.
However, when David goes forward without seeking the counsel of Lord, things usually blow up. And come to think of it, I don’t see one instance in scripture where David seeks counsel from the Lord on which woman he should marry, or how many women he should marry. This leads me to believe that as much as David was a man after Gods heart, David may have had an area of weakness in his life; Women! And this weakness led to all kinds of problems in David house.
Join us Sunday as we continue our study in 1 Samuel.
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